| #18  12-Jul-2005, 23:30 | |||
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| I totally agree with DickieDucati. Once set there is nothing to do with the bars unless you are fighting yourself or the bike has some serious set up problems. This 'do nothing' principle I have used on bikes since I was taught it back in 1995 and in my old job with MCN it worked on all and every bike I rode, no exception. The more sport focused the bike the more important it was to have a light touch after the steering input. Quick turning is just pushing (or pulling or both) the bar a little quicker, this does require a little more concentrated effort than slow steering but not much. (Unless you are on a four ton Springer Soft tail American thing) But what is quick? 1 second, 3 seconds? 1/2 a second? If you have never practised then a ‘little quicker’ is what we teach at the Schools. So you can see a small difference. Get used to that and the mechanics of it and then build on it. Another example of the basics at work. Should you do it on the road? Well what would you do now if a car pulled out in front of you? Hit the brakes? Hard? Lock the wheel? Not stop in time? If you want to take avoiding action then you'd better learn this skill because it won't just happen when you need it most!   |
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